| | OCTOBER 20178CIOReviewBy Salumeh Companieh, CIO, C&W ServicesWhatever your industry, chances are you have access to important data that could fundamentally change the way you do business. The trick is figuring out how to use it optimally.As the Chief Information Officer at C&W Services, all delivery and adoption of technology to our 15,000 colleagues is overseen by my team. We're responsible for making sure the technology deployments we provide are aligned with the organizational goals and industry best practices. As each division of C&W Services defines its annual goals, we weave technology seamlessly through them and present our colleagues with options on how to attack gaps in their processes and analytics.For many organizations, shifting business requirements and budget realities mean technology deployments must be both strategic and nimble. At C&W Services, we were particularly focused on using technology to improve business processes. As with many organizations, a wealth of data exists in standalone applications, lying idle and waiting to be leveraged. Finding a way to analyze that data across applications had the potential to unlock greater efficiencies. In our data analytics journey, C&W Services found six key learnings that can help any organization's transition from merely talking about key metrics to acting on data for strategic decision-making. Along the way, you'll also help find shortcuts to actionable data within your organization. 1. Start with your Data Model. Chances are, your organization has several targeted, best-of-breed applications for the functions they support. But what's the value of this information if it's stored in disparate systems? To begin the data-management process, it's important to align your data model throughout all applications within your company to allow correlation of data across your systems. Data visualization can significantly improve decision-making within your company. However, source data cleansing and alignment is a first key step and should not be underestimated.Salumeh Companieh6 DATA MANAGEMENT TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESSIMPROVING DATA VISUALIZATION USING FIVE PRINCIPLES OF GESTALTIn my Opinion
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